A review by another_emily
Marvel Romance Redux: Another Kind of Love by Robert Loren Fleming, Patrick Langridge, Jimmy Palmiotti, Keith Giffen, Jeff Parker, Kyle Baker, John Lustig, Fred Van Lente, Justin Lustig
3.0
Few of the stories in "Redux" had plot lines, and reading each panel was like playing the Contemporary Art game: Name That Installation.
Then I re-read some of my real '60s and '70s Marvel Romance titles, and those plots were exponentially more bizarre. When the story "Masquerade" by Alex Toth (Secret Hearts, April 1970) includes the heroine (?!?) thinking "Gosh - If only he knew that Daddy runs a gas-station in Houston -! -And that my yacht doesn't exist, either! But what can possibly happen in four days for my white lies to have any lasting effect!?...." SPOILER: despite the warnings from his attorneys, they kiss passionately and declare their undying love.
Well, then I can totally believe that a character in "Redux" pins gerbils to the back of her dresses before she leaves for a date. The two story lines are both befuddling.
Then I re-read some of my real '60s and '70s Marvel Romance titles, and those plots were exponentially more bizarre. When the story "Masquerade" by Alex Toth (Secret Hearts, April 1970) includes the heroine (?!?) thinking "Gosh - If only he knew that Daddy runs a gas-station in Houston -! -And that my yacht doesn't exist, either! But what can possibly happen in four days for my white lies to have any lasting effect!?...." SPOILER: despite the warnings from his attorneys, they kiss passionately and declare their undying love.
Well, then I can totally believe that a character in "Redux" pins gerbils to the back of her dresses before she leaves for a date. The two story lines are both befuddling.